Dashan Island

Dashan Island
Traditional Chinese達山
Simplified Chinese达山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDáshāndǎo
Wade–GilesTa-shan Tao
Danianshan Island
Traditional Chinese達念山
Simplified Chinese达念山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDániànshān Dǎo
Wade–GilesTa-nian-shan Tao
Taibujiao
Chinese泰簿礁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTàibùjiāo
Wade–GilesT'ai-pu-chiao

Dashan Island, also known as Danianshan and Taibujiao,[citation needed] is an island in the East China Sea administered as part of Qiansandao, Lianyungang Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, China.

Dashan Island has an area of 0.115 km2 (0.044 sq mi). It is part of the Qiansan Islands and is located 28 nmi (52 km) from Lianyungang.

It is one of the baselines of the Chinese territorial sea[1] and the PLA erected territorial sea steles on the island in 2006.

  1. ^ "Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the baselines of the territorial sea(May15th, 1996))" (PDF).